Naver Digital Twin Platform Adopted as Saudi 'National Standard'
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Naver said on the 20th that its Naver Cloud-based digital twin platform had received official approval as a municipal platform from Saudi Arabia's Digital Government Authority (DGA).
The Saudi government selected the platform as its national digital twin standard platform, and the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing asked each municipality to prioritize Naver's platform for smart city and digital twin projects.
Naver won the project in October 2023, completed construction in the three cities of Mecca, Medina, and Jeddah in 2025, and the build covered 6,800 square kilometers and more than 920,000 buildings.
Naver said on the 20th that its Naver Cloud-based digital twin platform had received official approval as a municipal platform from Saudi Arabia's Digital Government Authority (DGA).
The Naver Cloud-based digital twin platform was selected as the Saudi government's national digital twin standard platform.
Following the DGA approval, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing recently sent an official notice to each municipality. The notice recommended prioritizing the adoption of the Naver platform for smart city projects and requested that the Naver platform be given priority consideration for digital twin projects.
The notice aimed to prevent overlapping investment among local governments and to unify technology standards and methodologies at the national level. The photo includes Naver CEO Chae Sun-joo, Saudi Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing Majed Al Hogail, NHC Innovation CEO Rayyan Al Aqeel, and Naver Cloud Executive Vice President Han Sang-young, and the photo credit goes to Naver Cloud.
The Saudi government plans to adopt the Naver digital twin platform as its national standard platform and use data to transform local administration, including urban planning, city operations, asset management, infrastructure management, and urban safety. It also plans to promote the sharing of data and operational experience among municipalities.
Naver won the project to build a major city digital twin platform for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing in October 2023, and completed construction in the three cities of Mecca, Medina, and Jeddah in 2025. The build covered 6,800 square kilometers, more than 11 times the area of Seoul, and created digital twins of more than 920,000 buildings.
Based on this achievement, Naver has laid the groundwork for expansion at the national level. With the national-level standard now adopted, the company plans to strengthen cooperation with the Saudi government and local partners, and to accelerate localized technology upgrades based on its know-how and data accumulated from large-scale urban digital twin projects.
Chae Sun-joo, chair of Naver Innovation, said the significance of the national standard adoption is that it validates not only Naver's technological capabilities but also its local proof-of-concept results and trust. She added that, with the adoption of the national standard as a catalyst, the company aims to apply Team Naver's technological capabilities in digital twin, AI and cloud to the construction of urban infrastructure across Saudi Arabia, and to strengthen its position as a key technology partner supporting digital transformation in the Middle East.
Naver began working with Korea Aerospace Industries in July. The partnership covers the development of a defense-specific AI model based on domestic independent technology and the joint development of a future combat system platform based on physical AI.
Source: IT DAILY · Kwon Young-seok
Original: https://www.itdaily.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=241102
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